The pushers on an eastbound CSX coal drag utilizing NS trackage rights roll into the scene at Big Stone Gap, Va. The gray clouds suggest that thunderstorms are in the forecast.

U48's motive power has kicked the cab into Bruton Siding on the east side of Norton. A brakeman rides the back porch to control the cab's movement via the hand brake. The roving brakeman rides in ... (more)

A Knox and Kane steam tourist train makes its way through Allegheny National Forest near Marienville, Pa.

A westbound empty hopper train winds its way through the east end of Bluefield Yard.

Westbound NS 885 makes its way to the ex-N&W's Norton Yard as the last rays of golden sunlight illuminate the deck of Big Lawson Trestle and the trestle base disappears into the shadows.

Northbound containers roll through Taylors, SC.

Operation Lifesaver No. 9254 leads 20Q through Wilmerding and Wall approaching the Pitcairn Intermodal Terminal.

A light drizzle falls as U49 crosses the bridge over Powell River at MP IN13.83 on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Appalachia-Norton main line. The crew is returning to Andover Yard.

A CSX coal train charges eastbound through the Wildcat section of Big Stone Gap utilizing NS trackage rights.

The ex-Clinchfield's famed Copper Creek Viaduct provides a rippled reflection in Clinch River as the pushers on eastbound coal drag 722 approach the ex-Southern's much less impressive crossing of ... (more)

The brakeman and conductor ride the cab's back porch as U50 backs westbound through the east end of Norton Yard. The tracks in the background are the ex-Interstate Railroad's main line and make-up... (more)

NS U49 approaches Kent Junction on the ex-IRR's Pardee Branch.U49 will deliver 35 loads pulled from Cane Patch to the ex-N&W's Norton Yard; U49 left 9 "no bills" at Cane Patch.

Eastbound Q136 enters Connellsville with ex-Conrail 6066, now CSX 7306, in the lead.

NS U51 crosses over Powell River at Blackwood on the ex-Interstate Railroad's Appalachia-Norton main. The crew will make a right hand turn at Kent Junction, located a short distance ahead, and fol... (more)

The pushers on U149 roll out of the shadows at the south end of Pool Point Bridge.